Alcorn Mcbride Digital Binloop HD, User Manual

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Media Files
The high-definition reproducer cards within the Binloop support a
variety of common industry-standard video and audio formats.
However, the files loaded onto the Compact Flash cards must
adhere to some specific encoding and file-naming requirements
in order to playback properly in the Binloop. This section
provides detailed information on those requirements so that you
can successfully create and load content into the Digital Binloop
HD.
File Types
The possibilities of storing audio and video content in a digital file
format are nearly endless, so it’s impossible for the Binloop to
support everything. Instead, the Binloop supports a few specific
file types which are listed below:
•
MPEG2 Video Elementary Stream (Video Only)
• H.264 Video Elementary Stream (Video Only)
•
VC-1 Video Elementary Stream (Video Only)
•
MPEG Transport Stream (Video and Audio)
The first three are easy to explain. A video elementary stream is
a
video-only file that is encoded using the associated video
format. For example, an H.264 elementary stream is a video file
that contains nothing more than H.264 video (no audio, no
channel data, etc.).
An MPEG Transport Stream is a little more involved. A
Transport Stream can contain both Video and Audio tracks that
are intended to play simultaneously. This is because a
Transport Stream is actually both a Video Elementary Stream
and Audio Elementary Stream combined (multiplexed) into single
file. The Video and Audio streams contained within the transport
stream can be any of the formats supported by the Binloop
(listed later in this section). For example, the Binloop will play an
MPEG Transport Stream that contains an H.264 video stream
and an AAC audio stream. It will just as easily play a file that
contains an MPEG2 video stream and an MPEG1 audio stream.
The combinations of video and audio formats you choose to use
are entirely up to you, as long as you use formats that are
supported by the Digital Binloop HD.